Wednesday, December 30, 2009

How Music Affects Your Body

By Eddy Kong

Stress has been the problem of most people around the world, especially with the rise of global crisis the number of people that are engaged in stress management has been increasing significantly. Most of the techniques in managing stress requires time and needs to be practiced often in order to reap its actual benefits.

So how can you find time to practice this technique when you are always busy doing something? That's the reason why doctors are so often familiar with regards to the treatment of stress, because all you have to do is go to a doctor ask for a prescribed medicine and then pop it up your mouth. But what you don't realize is that you slowly become addicted to this medicine and not to mention the negative side effects that it can bring to your body could lead you to other problems. So instead of treating your stress you become worse.

There are other medications which you can take for your stress problems. They are natural and organic medicines that have less side effects than what you buy in pharmacies. These medicines, however, can make you sleepy; so it is not advisable to take them if you're going to work or if you will be driving. There is one other simple, and often overlooked, way to effectively relieve your stress without the drowsiness and time-consuming process: listening to music.

Music has the ability to change the levels of our brainwave activity. Its effect is long term, lasting way after listening to the music. The effects of music to the brainwaves can help alter the function of our nervous system. The result would be a slower pace in breathing. The heart rate is also lowered; giving is a state of relaxation which is the opposite effect of stress.

Music is also used to treat anxiety and depression by converting the negative state of mind into a positive one. When a person is in a positive state of mind, he becomes optimistic. It helps him analyze the situation better and find an effective solution for it.

No wonder why music therapy has become popular in this present generation as a good and natural relief for stress. With music you don't have to set a time for it in compared to other stress relief techniques, all you have to do is find a comfortable place a player, press play and then listen to music that relaxes you. - 16890

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